seigniory

[ seen-yuh-ree ]

/ ˈsin yə ri /

the power or authority of a seignior.

History/Historical. a lord's domain.

Origin of seigniory

1250–1300; Middle English seignorie < Old French; see seigneur, -y³

Malcolm Fraser's seigniory, Mount Murray, remained somewhat longer in the family of its original owner.

A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs |George M. Wrong
John à Cleeve lay on his bed in the guest-room of the Seigniory, listening to the sound of the distant falls.

Fort Amity |Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
So the guardian of the children determined to sell at auction their third of the seigniory.

A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs |George M. Wrong
Genoa had won them with gold, and the promise of the seigniory of Ornano, of which Vannina's children were the rightful heirs.

Wanderings in Corsica, Vol. 1 of 2 |Ferdinand Gregorovius

All laws proposed by the magistrates, or seigniory, had to be ratified by this higher and selecter council.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume VI |John Lord

seigniory

/ (ˈseɪnjərɪ) /

less common names for a seigneury

(in England) the fee or manor of a seignior; a feudal domain

the authority of a seignior or the relationship between him and his tenants

a body of lords